Legal Polycentricity and International Law

By Surya Prakash Sinha

This book takes the themes of the jurisprudential movement of legal polycentricity and applies them to international law. It focuses on the civilization of diversity and uncovers the non-universality of law and a pluralism of values. Sinha emphasizes that the proper role of international law is to ensure that in culture-specific matters, such as human rights, the state adheres to the normative ideals of the civilization to which it belongs. "An extensive and well-conceived bibliography... [Sinha] closes the book with a rich vein of resource material for further exploration." -- ASIL Newsletter

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890899290
• ISBN13: 9780890899298
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"